Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 147
Before arriving at the border gate, Xu Qing could have entered through the back door, but when he saw the so-called big group before, he couldn't help feeling suspicious.According to Huang Shimei's description, there are two sets of red and black faces in this fancier's method.

Li Jun beat and scolded the porter, and the jujube-carrying wine comforted everyone.There was also a pair of red and black faces. It was at the place where Xu Qing left the market. The big group raised the insurance premium, forcing the small groups around Xu Qing to form a group.

In this way, the person who formed the big group has some nasty things with "Li Jun" and others.These border bandits are not only vicious, but also sow discord. Since Xu Qing has met them, he really has to take care of them.Let's explore the situation first...

"Yo Yo Yo, this dry man has come back intact, what a stroke of luck!" A businessman in a large group saw Xu Qing and others, and said in a strange way.They paid much more money, but they just went back to the customs intact.

"No, look, there are still dozens of people missing, so what about the surname Li?" Someone noticed something strange.

"Hahaha, that's right, otherwise our money wouldn't be for nothing?"

"Seeing how miserable they are, we can count on spending money to live comfortably...

Xu Qing and his party were led around by Li Jun, and now it seems that they are indeed in a bit of a mess.And the people in the big group walked slowly and safely, so they were refreshed.Comparing the two, those who regretted joining the big group at the beginning were glad one by one.

Xu Qing ignored the group of gloating people, but heard a cold snort from the crowd. Hearing the sound, it was the man who recruited the group at the beginning.When he saw Xu Qing looking at him, he couldn't help shrinking his head, but this made Xu Qing even more suspicious.Xu Qingdao: "Friends of the merchants, unfortunately, I encountered the 'big bug' that has been circulating in the Yanzhao area for a long time. I believe everyone is aware of this kind of bandit trap, right?"

"Scared, big bug?!" After hearing this, everyone stopped laughing, held their breath, held their breath, and listened carefully to Xu Qing's story.These people have traveled far and wide, and have seen many bandits, but they only heard the sound of the legendary fan and did not see the truth.But now that there is someone who has escaped, how can this chance of "learning" be missed.

Xu Qing told everyone the whole process, but rightly left out the relationship between the person in charge of the big group and "Li Jun".What is just right?It just happened to be a point that everyone vaguely guessed, but they were not sure.

After hearing this, everyone was overwhelmed by Xu Qing's quick wit, and they all said that they should not eat other people's food when they are away from home.After learning the experience, everyone quickly thanked Xu Qing.But no one spoke out the slightest guess in their hearts, they just entered the customs and left in a hurry after paying the tax.Xu Qing shook his head after failing to get these businessmen to report him, but there was nothing he could do for the time being.After pondering for a long time, Xu Qing was ready to enter the city because the large group of caravans were almost the same.

"Pay for living animals, take a fee for dead objects, [-] for [-] for food, [-] for other [-]." General Guan saw a caravan approaching and shouted loudly. , hurriedly stopped Xu Qing and said: "Officials pass the commercial inspection and civilian inspection!" It means that the convoys of the official army pass freely, and merchants and ordinary people have to be inspected when passing by.

The so-called inspection was nothing more than taking the opportunity to blackmail. The merchants in Xu Qing's team responded simply: "Businessmen." One after another, they entered the customs and left.It was Xu Qing's turn, but was stopped by the officer himself:

"stop!"

"Oh? Look at this..." Xu Qing wanted to take out his "back door pass", but he didn't expect the official to drink uprightly: "Bold, how dare you bribe me!"

"No, no, I misunderstood..." Xu Qing hurriedly waved his hands.

"Bold, what kind of bastard are you! How can I misunderstand you?" Na Guan turned his nostrils to the sky and didn't even look at Xu Qing.

"My lord, this man is so similar to the wanted horse thief!" A soldier pointed to the portrait on the bulletin board and shouted.

"Huh? That's right. I said why would you want to bribe me? It turned out to be such a villain as a horse thief!"

Xu Qing also took a look at the portrait, bearded, scruffy face, bull nose, two chins, needless to say, he doesn't like Xu Qingxiang, how can that portrait be regarded as a human being?

"What are you looking at, that portrait is so similar to you, there is nothing wrong with it!" Guan Jiang waved: "Come here, tie them up!"

"I'll see who dares!" Xu Qing was furious, saying that it's okay for him to be ugly, but he can't bear to say that he looks like the monster in this portrait.What's more, there are such lawless generals in this important border area, so what's the matter?
As soon as the voice fell, dozens of guards under Xu Qing took out their crossbows in unison, and pointed at the soldiers guarding the gate. There was a burst of coldness, wrapped in cold wind, as if time had been frozen for three seconds.At this time, General Guan's heart was broken. He thought that Xu Qing was just an ordinary customs passer. That person gave a lot of money.But this crossbow arrow shows that these people in front of them are completely different.

People in the Tang Dynasty could hold knives and guns, but bows and crossbows were strictly prohibited. People with these hand crossbows were definitely not ordinary people.If it wasn't a prince, it was a horse thief and a bandit, and Xu Qing came from outside the pass, so he was naturally regarded as a horse thief by default.

A real horse thief!

Guan Jiang came back to his senses, ran to Mingshi Drum in a hurry, and knocked randomly:
"The horse thief is locked out, and the horse thief is coming in!"

As the drum went down, all the soldiers retreated in a hurry, guarding the gate.Xu Qing looked at it and nodded. Although the passer was a little confused, he was not free, at least he didn't escape with these soldiers.For the sake of this, Xu Qing decided to spare his life.

The killing machine of the army is terrifying, especially when there is such a godlike general as Li Jing guarding it.The general of the pass came down with a clear message, and the guards at the pass moved.

But within thirty breaths, clusters of human heads appeared on the city wall, and the strong bow was already like a full moon, just waiting for Xu Qing to do some "radical" behavior.But Xu Qing just took out the hand crossbow, and they didn't dare to attack before they attacked.In their eyes, the group of people under the city would definitely not be horse thieves, but the nobles who went out to play in the pass were more likely.It's always right not to start first.

The city gate slammed shut, and after a while, it opened again with a creak, and a thousand cavalry rushed out, five hundred on the left and five hundred on the right, and surrounded Xu Qing and his party tightly.After a while, a tiger general came out, and when he saw Xu Qing, he was taken aback for a moment, and then asked suspiciously, "Why are you?"

"There are many strange things in this, we will talk about it when we see the chief steward." Xu Qing cupped his hands and said, "Catch that general first, he is a villain."

General Guan was also on the side. Hearing what Xu Qing said, he was about to distinguish, but was tied up firmly by the tiger general's men.

The story that Xu Qing Yun came to personally send thousands of catties of white salt has already spread quietly, not to mention that this tiger general recognizes Xu Qing, but he doesn't. As long as Xu Qing takes out the fish charm and signals, these soldiers will obey Xu Qing's words .It's true that Xu Qing has no position in the army, and these soldiers will obey Xu Qing's orders, and then they are limited to running errands and catching individuals, but it also reflects the status quo that power is not related to the size of the position.

There was a misunderstanding, and a group of horse soldiers who "came out" appeared again as miraculously as if they had just popped up, and disappeared without a trace, and no one knew where they went.On the contrary, the moment Xu Qing entered the city intact, his courage was frightened.

When Xu Qing saw Li Jing, he told him what had happened to him. Li Jing quickly ordered people to arrest him, and after a while, several leaders of the big group were arrested and brought back.After being tortured, it was exactly what Huang Shimei had guessed, one sang the red face and the other sang the bad face.

When Xu Qing asked why General Guan was so unbearable, Li Jing only replied:

"Loose on the outside and tight on the inside."

That's the way it is. Soldiers are tricky. They can show that they can't, use them to show they don't use them, use them to show they don't use them, show them close to them, and show them far away. Xu Qing is too entangled in the end.

"Brother Xu, it's time to go back. The heavy snow is coming soon. I'm afraid that many people's homes will not be able to survive the winter..." Li Jing spoke bluntly, without any politeness.

"To tell the truth, my brother, this year I'm quite rich under my rule. As long as there is no catastrophe, I can still be safe." Xu Qing boasted that he didn't want to be a bad customer, so he said: "I also wanted to immediately I’m going back, but there’s one more thing I need to talk to my brother about.”

Li Jing smiled wryly: "Tell me, I just saw you acting like this..."

"Brother, do you know why the escorted supplies are all short of catties and shoddy?"

"I don't know, I just blame the exploitation on the road..." Li Jing thought that Xu Qing was trying to persuade him not to kill the escort, so he said again: "I don't want to kill those many escorts, but there is no other way..."

"It's often heard that if people's families are given the job of escort, if they don't die, it's better than slaughtering a pig to celebrate. The punishment is so severe, but every time they have to be escorted, why?" To stop harm, it is better to move it with benefit, to remove its leaves, it is better to dig out its roots..."

"How does it move? Where is its root?"

"Luck is bad for the pass. If you pass the pass without random inspection, the loss will be two to three times less. If the supplies are not delivered from the official warehouse, the quality will be much better."

"I would like to hear the law..."

"My little brother thinks that it is better to let merchants deliver supplies so that they can be exempted from tax..."

The method of merchants transporting grain was proposed by the Ming people. For every amount of grain a merchant sends to the border, he can obtain the right to sell a corresponding amount of salt.Don't look at just the right to sell salt, which makes many businessmen flock to it.

Salt in the Tang Dynasty was not a monopoly, so Xu Qing proposed that merchants would be exempted from tariffs for every amount of grain shipped to the border.This is called Elimov.Moreover, the grain transported by the merchants is not sent from the official warehouses, but purchased by themselves, and after they are transported to the border, they are purchased at a par price.In this way, a two-way choice is formed.Those who deliver materials can choose whether to send them, and those who receive materials can also choose whether to accept them.

In this way, the fineness problem is solved.

(End of this chapter)